Free Man in Paris

The way I see it, he said You just can't win it Everybody's in it for their own gain You can't please 'em all

There's always somebody calling you down I do my best And I do good business There's a lot of people asking for my time

They're trying to get ahead They're trying to be a good friend of mine I was a free man in Paris I felt unfettered and alive

There was nobody calling me up for favors And no one's future to decide You know I'd go back there tomorrow But for the work I've taken on

Stoking the star maker machinery Behind the popular song I deal in dreamers And telephone screamers

Lately I wonder what I do it for If l had my way I'd just walk out those doors And wander

Down the Champs Elysees Going cafe to cabaret Thinking how I'll feel when I find That very good friend of mine

I was a free man in Paris I felt unfettered and alive Nobody was calling me up for favors No one's future to decide

You know I'd go back there tomorrow But for the work I've taken on Stoking the star maker machinery Behind the popular song